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Finn Linked To Lizard Squad Christmas Attack
An anonymous reader writes Security researcher Mikko Hyppönen from F-Secure told the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat and Finland's MTV news that rumours have been circulating for several months about the Lizard Squad group of hackers who say they disrupted the two computer games console networks on Christmas Day. He confirmed that at least one of them is a Finn. One of the hackers, in a Skype interview from Finland by Britain's Sky News, said that the attack was carried out for amusement and to expose security flaws in the networks. Hyppönen told Helsingin Sanomat and MTV that his company has been aware of the hacker group for several months. 'According to our information, the group has members in the United States, Canada, England and at least one member in Finland,' he told MTV. The nationalities of other members that participated in the Christmas attack have not been confirmed. Hyppönen noted that these kinds of groups come and go, and that their members are usually young.
Since when did DDOS utilise a security flaw?
No mention in TFA about how they determined this guy was in the Lizard Squad except that he claims to be.
"Rumors have been circulating", but no mention about what the rumors are or if they were involved with identifying this hacker.
Hey, but if it's on Finland's MTV then it must be true. But why is my skeptical sense tingling?
Not an expert, but DDoS attacks can use security flaws and often do.
Hyppönen noted that these kinds of groups come and go, and that their members are usually young.
This is to be expected, as the perps have xbox and playstation accounts, have probably gotten a few bans for cheating, or even kicked off the networks, and have a disproportionate sense of self-entitlement.
That should help narrow it down to a few million suspects.
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
a Finn is the name for a person from Finland. Finland is a country in Europe, kind of in the north, near Russia.
However, in my own personal life, I am just plain very old fashioned.
I made each family member a gortex rain jacket by hand, using a non-computerized sewing machine.
People say this is old fashioned, considering that I work with computers every day.
Well, now I can say to them that my gifts cannot be hacked or DDOS'd.
Most Respectfully Yours Mark Allyn Bellingham, Washington
"has been aware of the hacker group for several months"...
And the security problem for how long?
And done nothing?
And "OMG! I am the Voice Of Reason" is really screwed up because I have nothing to do with this community.
You man that their official twitter account showing "Finland" as location, was enough of a hint? :)
I bet i can find somthing to spray on your jacket that will make the water go right thru it.
Everything can be hacked. Hack the Planet!
I have a saw that can hack your jacket to bits. Those in the know call them "hack saws". Other, less sophisticated, hackers might choose to hack your jacket with an axe.
who gives a dog's turd where these script kiddies originate from?
Finn Linked To Lizard Squad Christmas Attack
Also he was a guy and is likely to have two legs.
Is it bad that my first thought was that it was the guy from Tron?
systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
dey be haxxin
With people exposing security flaws, BUT when they do it for self gratification, I do. If there was a problem, they should have notified the network owner, worked with them to correct it. Perhaps they did, & Sony told them to buzz off, so they said... Ok, watch this.
We still seem to be missing any independent confirmation of the Lizard Squad twitter claims. Until we do the most likely explanation is peak demand, they were slash-dotted by Christmas.
There was a "security analyst" named Vinnie Omari also interviewed by Sky News in that report with the skyped-in Finn. Vinnie Omari starts at 4:35 of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngp4kSB5z80
The man interviewed on BBC Radio 5 the day before who claimed to be a member of Lizard Squad had exactly the same voice as this Vinnie Omari: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02g06gs
I know slashdot has devolved drastically but has it really gotten to the point where it needs to reference MTV News for computer security topics?
Does your gortex rain jacket stop meth dealers approaching you when you get on the max?
You better fly there before time runs out, gumshoe.
Well, now I can say to them that my gifts cannot be hacked or DDOS'd.
Well, you could always employ some smart fabrics with sensor net and a low energy BT interface to your cell phone in your next rain coat project. People everywhere should know when it rains and how warm and polluted it is. Hackable clothing with a sensor net feeding anonymized environmental data to the city systems, the wet dream of any city environmental engineer.
http://pastebin.com/gskVW3ae
Here is a dox of all the lizard squad members. Do what you like with this information.
Lizard Squad "Member" #1:
'Chief' a/k/a 'ChF' a/k/a 'ChFTheCat' a/k/a 'Devin Bharath'
Devin Bharath 1765 lawrence ave east apt 310 scarborough ON
Sara S Bharath
Home (905) 509-1626
1013 Lytton Crt
Pickering, ON L1W 3Z2
N Bharath
Home (905) 551-2206
34 Longview Dr
Bradford, ON L3Z 2H3
2901 Kipling Ave
Toronto, ON M9V 5E5
Lizard Squad "Member" #2:
'Criminal' a/k/a 'c' a/k/a 'Fatally'
https://twitter.com/Fatally
Lizard Squad "Member" #3: /aka/ vypor
'Vypor' a/k/a 'VyporSquad' a/k/a 'Taylor Smyth'
Name: Taylor Hayden Smyth
DOB: 11/17/1998
Address: 3845 Sunset Ln, Oxnard, CA 93035
https://twitter.com/VyporSquad
Lizard Squad "Member" #4:
'KMS' a/k/a 'Rory Godfrey'
Name: Rory Andrew Godfrey
Address: 1620 One Wellington, Beaumont, TX 77706 (Lives with family could be in the Rowlett, TX area)
Skype: u.n.d.e.r.s.c.o.r.e
Lizard Squad "Owner" #5:
'TakenTheGod' a/k/a
Lizard squad was created by Taken The God. He is a former member of WyM friends of VM H is twitter is @TakenTheGod, also runs #NaziSec, #MrSquad, #SwaggSec.
Instagram: http://instagram.com/swattedd
Skype: Insta.Host Or swattedd
Twitter: @swattedd -
His (InstaHost #): (520) 441-1120
Only did this because I don't have time to deal with them. What they're doing is pretty amateurish
I got wind Rory was trying to DDoS my site on cloudfare and insult me on here
Silly little Billy
don't mess with me or my Fine Squad
Cal Lemming @sleepycal
CyberHQ
'said that the attack was carried out for amusement'
I'm sorry but as soon as I see comments like this you've lost me. Find 'em, string 'em up, by the nuts. Bye, bye ahole.
Helsingin Sanomat (the main Finnish newspaper) cited police sources saying that the Finn in question is an "old acquittance" of the police but due to being underage they could not reveal what crimes he has been involved in. Between the lines it was possible to read that he's been involved in similar activities earlier (and gotten caught).
attacking a 75Bn$ company’s service and marketing presence is picking a fight in the wrong way. It will eventually make federal agencies develop a working process for dealing wih these kinds of attacks. Further, it wil bring the wrong kind of heat that you can’t stand and attention that you can’t diffuse or deflect.
No! I have been riding the MAX for 12 years. I have never been approached by any dealers of anything just because of my jacket.
Most Respectfully Yours Mark Allyn Bellingham, Washington